116 JUNIPERUS ; OR 



A — Male form. 



Juniperus Chinensis mas, LinncBus. 

 Syn. Juniperus Thunbergii, Hooker. 

 „ „ struthiacea. Knight. 



„ „ dioecia, Makoy. 



„ „ dimorpha, Roxburgh. 



Leaves, in whorls of three, lance-shaped, sharp pointed, chan- 

 nelled on the upper side, and convex below, sometimes very 

 glaucous or bright green, spreading, distant, stiff, and without 

 any footstalks, densely clustered on the smaller stem-shoots and 

 bottom branches. Branches, irregularly alternate, and thickly 

 placed on the stem, mostly pointing outwards, and spreading, 

 smaller ones straight, very thickly placed on the lateral branches, 

 and thickly covered with male flowers, of a bright yellow 

 colour. 



B — Female form. 



Juniperus Chinensis foemina, Linnceus. 

 Syn. Juniperus E,eevesiana, Hort. 

 „ „ flagelliformis, Heeves. 



Leaves, in twos, opposite, closely imbricated, very short, 

 scale-formed, ovate, slightly pointed, closely pressed over each 

 other in four rows, stem clasping at the base, with an oblong 

 sunken gland on the back, and pointing in the same direction 

 as the shoot. Branches, scattered, but thickly placed on the 

 stem, pointing outwards and spreading ; smaller ones slender, 

 four-sided, partially rounded, seldom forked, and frequently 

 pointing downwards. Berries, very small, of a glaucous violet 

 brown when ripe, and variously shaped, in some rounded, two- 

 lobed, or angular ; others globular, or oblong, depressed on the 

 surface, and mostly containing only one or two seeds in each. 



The open leaves are frequently alike on both sexes when 

 young, and frequently on the smaller stem-shoots, and bottom 

 branches of the female plant ; while the mature leaves on 

 the outer and upper branches of the male plant, become like 



